Anita Doreen Diggs (born 1966 in New York City
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, and

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Biography

Diggs grew up in

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, where she attended public schools in the

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section of

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. She later worked as a senior editor at

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until 2002 and was a senior editor at

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. Diggs is the author of four novels: *''A Mighty Love'' (2003) *''A Meeting in the Ladies Room'' (2004) *''The Other Side of the Game'' (2005) *''Denzel’s Lips'' (2006) She has written books on career advice and resources for

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. She teaches creative writing for Gotham Writers Workshop. She is also a writing mentor with the ''Creative Nonfiction'' mentoring program.

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